Lost Worlds

Europe In The Middle Ages: Cities And Cathedrals

In this final episode, Heinrich Schuder - doctor, scholar and cartographer - is sent to Venice on behalf of his home city of Nuremberg, to find out about commercial routes to India. Venice was the city where modern banking began. People were given a licence to put a cloth on a banca or table to carry out financial transactions.

In this final episode, Heinrich Schuder - doctor, scholar and cartographer - is sent to Venice on behalf of his home city of Nuremberg, to find out about commercial routes to India. Venice was the city where modern banking began. People were given a licence to put a cloth on a banca or table to carry out financial transactions.